I love bright & bold eye make-up, so this aqua look is perfect. A lot of people might think it’s hard to make blue work, but as long as you don’t apply it all over your eyelid, it’ll work brilliantly! It brings out the blue in blue eyes & works well with green eyes & will make hazel eyes pop, as well as being vibrant on the darkest of skin tones & standing out on the milkiest of people among us! In fact, I can’t think of a single person that this bright shade of aqua-blue wouldn’t work on, if applied properly– it might not seem obvious, but it’s a staple eye colour & can be something a bit different for when your obligatory slick of black or brown eyeliner has become a little stale & boring.

Music: “So Human” by Lady Sovereign

Step One: I’ve already applied my foundation & Urban Decay Primer Potion to my eyelids, so the next step is to line your lids with a neutral shade, to even out your skin tone. I’m using the lightest colour in this trio palette from Rimmel, No. 621, Orion & MAC 217 brush, but any biscuit-like shade will work. You might not find it necessary to do this if your skin is even already, in which case, you can skip this step– but for me, it evens out any discolouration.

Step Two: Using your preferred blue pencil eyeliner, line the top & lower lashes, but don’t go right to the inner corner of your eye, as we’ll be blending another colour in here later. As a general rule for this kind of look, I like to go about two-thirds in with the pencil on my upper lid & about a third in on the lower lashline. It’s best to press lightly & build the colour up, as you don’t want a harsh line where the eyeliner stops.

I’m using Sephora’s Flashy Liner Waterproof in 08 Flashy Blue & I recommend this range of eyeliners enough– they’re really smooth & easy to apply. I wish I had more of them!

Step Three: Pat (not sweep across!) your aqua eyeshadow on with a large shadow brush, after tapping off any excess. I’m using Sephora’s 25 brush & Electric Eel eyeshadow by MAC. Apply it around the outer corners of your eye (top & bottom) for a bright look. It doesn’t matter if this is a bit messy as you can clean your brush & then blend the colour afterwards.

Step Four: Using a gold colour, pat on a bit of dazzle to the inner corner of your eye. I used a shimmer dust from Sephora – No.03.

Step Five: For extra sparkle, apply gold liquid eyeliner (Collection 2000s Glam Crystals range is amazing!) to the inner corners of your eyes on the top & bottom lashes-- it should meet the ends of the blue eyeliner you applied in Step Two.

Step Six: Whether you want to complete this step, is completely up to you, but I feel like my eyes look a bit bare without a little bit of black eyeliner on (even with all the blue & gold!), so I’ve applied Rimmel’s Black Liquid eyeliner to the outer edges of my top lashes & a teensy bit of Inika’s black pencil eyeliner to the outer corner of my lower lashline/waterline. Try to keep the line narrow, so you don’t cover up the aqua-blue pencil eyeliner.

Step Seven: Apply your mascara (I’m using Extreme 2Step Volume from GOSH) to perfectly curled lashes, et voila!

I have loads of other tutorials planned (among all my other long-awaited posts!) including how to contour, creating eyeliner flicks & perfect red lips, but if you’d like to know something else, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment or email me using the form in the sidebar.

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